Legal Opinion

GRONDIN v. FANATICS, INC.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided January 10, 2023No. 2:22-cv-01946Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM GRONDIN, : Plaintiff : CIVIL ACTION v FANATICS, INC., No. 22-1946 Defendant : MEMORANDUM / PRATTER, J. JANUARY LE , 2003 William Grondin sued Fanatics, Inc., alleging that he owns a copyright for “Slice of the Ice,” a Stanley Cup-shaped piece of hockey memorabilia incorporating melted ice gathered from championship hockey matches, and that Fanatics infringed upon this copyright by creating and selling its own ice-filled hockey puck—shaped memorabilia. But Mr. Grondin cannot copyright the idea of storing game…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. TwomblySupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  3. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc., C/o Ct Corporation Systems Registered AgentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
  4. Morse v. Lower Merion School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
  5. Revell v. Port Authority of New York & New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010

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